Hells Highway – 101st Airborne Market Garden Battles South of Veghel (Part 2)
Operation Market Garden, it is September 24th 1944 and we are in the 6th day of the ill fated operation. Earlier that day the Germans…
‘We were inseparable’ Missouri Marine killed in Vietnam remembered by friends and family
By Jeremy P. Amick Though many decades have passed since Corporal John Allen Campbell lost his life while serving with the Marine Corps in Vietnam,…
Brecourt Manor – The Famous Band of Brothers battle – From the Air!
The famous attack on the German Artillery Guns at the Brécourt Manor by Easy Company was immortalized in the series Band of Brothers. Now, see the whole location…
‘Restoring a memory’ Civil War soldier receives memorial headstone 141 years after death
By Jeremy P. Ämick As noted in the book “Germans in the Civil War” by Walter Kamphoefner and Wolfgang Helbich, German Americans made up one…
America’s First Victory Against the German Army Was 97 Years Ago Today
By Matthew J. Davenport, author of First Over There:The Attack on Cantigny, America’s First Battle of World War I (St. Martin’s Press, released May 12,…
‘We owe the country’ Father’s influence inspires veteran to give back through military service
By Jeremy P. Ämick As a first-generation citizen of the United States, Jefferson City, Mo., resident Anastasios “Alex” Alexiou possesses a sincere appreciation not only…
Wreckage from a B-24H “Flying Coffin” Liberator found in Italy
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After 70 years a forgotten story about death and survival is brought to light. The remains of a US plane from…
A Rangers Tale of Landing on Bloody Omaha
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia On the morning of June 6th, 1944 the military collapse of the Germans in western Europe began, marking a milestone in Europe’s history.…
World War II: The chocolate’s role in obtaining the victory
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia More than 70 years from ago, the Allied troops landed on the beached of Normandy during Operation Overlord. We all know…
How long was the Berlin Wall?
Very few symbols were as poignant in the Cold War between West and the Soviet bloc, as the Berlin Wall. A barrier made out of concrete…
President Truman talks about General MacArthur: a cheater and a bighead
Images Courtesy of Wikipedia In the afternoon of April 12, 1945, Vice President Harry Truman was sitting in the office of the spokesperson of the…
‘We were a target’ Air Force veteran discusses service during the Cold War
By Jeremy P. Amick During the height of the Cold War in the 1960s, many men and women volunteered to serve the United States by…